2022-2023 Other Bowl Games Thread

[PhiloVance]

BIG will finish 5 - 4 in the bowls. Woulda coulda been 8 - 1.

Purdue v LSU was a mismatch from paper to the final whistle.

 

[Pompous Elitist]

Did Franklin just say The Rose Bowl was basically a home game for Utah ? What a tool

Less is more sometimes coach.

 

[TNGophfan]

Did Franklin just say The Rose Bowl was basically a home game for Utah ? What a tool

Less is more sometimes coach.

USC or UCLA, maybe. Not the Utes. Just like Kirby claiming no respect. GMAFB.

 

[TNGophfan]

Purdue v LSU was a mismatch from paper to the final whistle.

Yep. Only 1 that wasn't competitive.

 

[A_Slab_of_Bacon]

Yep. Only 1 that wasn't competitive.

Can’t blame them either, lost coach, players opted out, different team.

 

[Torres9]

Purdue humiliating the big ten

 

[Bfan]

This LSU Purdue game should never have happened. It's LSU.

 

[Bfan]

Big-play Penn State roars past Utah 35-21 in Rose Bowl

No. 9 Penn State rallied past No. 7 Utah 35-21 in the 109th edition of the Rose Bowl. Nicholas Singleton broke a tiebreaking 87-yard touchdown run and KeAndre Lambert-Smith had the longest touchdown reception in Rose Bowl history on an 88-yard pass from Sean Clifford.

apnews.com

 

[UpAndUnder43]

Generally many companies are more adept at taking the money than disbursing it. If someone is looking at a guaranteed signing bonus of significant $ hard to blame them for sitting out a bowl game. Some people have no safety net in life. Others do.

This x 1000. These dudes may be changing their life and the life of dozens of family members. Someone offers you millions guaranteed to skip a game—you take it. Ya know?

 

[Gophers_4life]

G5 schools that beat a P5 in a major bowl:

BCS era (where there was not automatic bid for a G5):
2006 - Boise St over OU - still stuck in the Mountain West
2008 - Utah over Alabama - upgraded to the PAC 12
2010 - TCU over Wisconsin - upgraded to the Big XII
2012 - Louisville over Florida - upgraded to the ACC
2013 - UCF over Baylor - upgraded to the Big XII (soon)

CFP era (one G5 in the NY6 every year):
2014 - TCU
2015 - Houston over Florida State - upgraded to the Big XII (soon)
2017 - UCF

2022 - Tulane over USC - ?????


(Cincinnati has appear in a few major bowls, but never has won yet - upgraded to the Big XII (soon))

 

[UpAndUnder43]

 

[MaxyJR1]

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